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Careers in Business Analytics

Job Outlook

The tremendous volume of data collected by modern organizations to support decision making has made careers in business analytics one of the fastest growing opportunities for aspiring business professionals. For over a decade, business analytics and related technologies have been the largest investment made by IT organizations. This reflects the importance of business analytics to modern organizations, and they clearly recognize the importance of a highly skilled workforce. Organizations rank the technical skills associated with business analytics as the second most important skill for the organization and the second most difficult to find. As a result, almost one third of IT jobs are in analytics and salaries have grown by over 30% over the last several years. The job outlook for motivated graduates with a degree in business analytics is excellent.

Career Options for IT Majors

All functions within modern organizations collect large volumes of data to aid leaders in decision making. As a result, those with a business analytics degree enjoy a great deal of options when it comes to the types of jobs available and they may apply their business knowledge and analytical skills in a wide array of business functional areas. Example positions for business analytics majors include:

Advertising

Balanced Scorecard

Business Intelligence

Cost Analysis

Engineering Economics

Financial Analysis

Human Resource Management

Insurance

International Management

Investment Analysis

Logistics

Supply Chain Management

Management Consulting

Managerial Accounting Analysis

Manufacturing Management

Marketing Management

Marketing Research

Materials Management

Process and Systems Design

Purchasing

Quality Control

Real Estate

Risk Management

Sales Analyses

Six Sigma Analyses

Systems Analyst

Systems Integration

Preparation for Graduate Studies

Additional Information

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